Ghana Nation News API

Get the live top nation headlines from Ghana with one request to the Top Headlines endpoint of GNews API. Headlines are based on Google News rankings and returned as JSON.

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Request and live response

This request returns the current top nation headlines from Ghana. The response below is live: it was fetched when this page loaded. Every parameter is described in the Top Headlines endpoint documentation.

GET https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=nation&country=gh&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=nation" \
  --data-urlencode "country=gh" \
  --data-urlencode "apikey=YOUR_API_KEY"

import requests

API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"

response = requests.get(
    "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines",
    params={"category": "nation", "country": "gh", "apikey": API_KEY},
    timeout=10,
)
response.raise_for_status()

for article in response.json()["articles"]:
    print(article["title"])

const API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY";

const params = new URLSearchParams({
    category: "nation",
    country: "gh",
    apikey: API_KEY,
});

const response = await fetch(`https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?${params}`);
if (!response.ok) {
    throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
}

const { articles } = await response.json();
for (const article of articles) {
    console.log(article.title);
}

On the Free plan, browsers can only call the API from localhost: see Using the API in the FAQ.

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

$params = http_build_query([
    "category" => "nation",
    "country"  => "gh",
    "apikey"   => $apiKey,
]);

$response = file_get_contents("https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?" . $params);
if ($response === false) {
    throw new RuntimeException("Request failed");
}

$data = json_decode($response, true);
foreach ($data["articles"] as $article) {
    echo $article["title"] . PHP_EOL;
}

using System.Net.Http.Json;

const string ApiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

using var client = new HttpClient();

var url = $"https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=nation&country=gh&apikey={ApiKey}";
var data = await client.GetFromJsonAsync<ApiResponse>(url)
           ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("Empty response");

foreach (var article in data.Articles)
{
    Console.WriteLine(article.Title);
}

record ApiResponse(List<Article> Articles);
record Article(string Title);

200 OK · Live JSON response

{
    "totalArticles": 87912,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "554b43e33ccc6fa7737647cbcde6e037",
            "title": "Faith can overcome ethnic divisions, says Ghana bishop",
            "description": "The Catholic Church in northern Ghana is challenging injustice entrenched in social and cultural systems.",
            "content": "The Catholic Church in northern Ghana is working for peace by challenging and trying to correct injustices entrenched in social and cultural systems.\nWhen Bishop Peter Paul Angkyier ordained two young men to the priesthood in Damongo, Ghana, on Augus... [4833 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.churchinneed.org/faith-can-overcome-ethnic-divisions-says-ghana-bishop/",
            "image": "https://www.churchinneed.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/News-Featured-Image-600x450px-19.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T20:31:45Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "30db90266f72145408a0f494a47c6f31",
                "name": "Church in Need",
                "url": "https://www.churchinneed.org"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8700fb1f85c61b74081a192ab36388ab",
            "title": "Minority stages walkout after Bagbin orders Abu Jinapor out of chamber",
            "description": "The Minority caucus in Parliament on Tuesday, November 3, staged a walkout after Speaker Alban Bagbin ordered the Member of Parliament for Damongo, Samuel Abu",
            "content": "The Minority caucus in Parliament on Tuesday, November 3, staged a walkout after Speaker Alban Bagbin ordered the Member of Parliament for Damongo, Samuel Abu Jinapor, out of the chamber following a dispute over his claim that diplomatic passports we... [1031 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.citinewsroom.com/2026/11/minority-stages-walkout-after-bagbin-orders-abu-jinapor-out-of-chamber/",
            "image": "https://www.citinewsroom.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/Screenshot-2026-11-03-at-18-11-53-164-Proceedings-of-Tuesday-3rd-November-2026-YouTube.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T18:26:21Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "cba054812d35541430e257a1ad508509",
                "name": "CitiNewsroom.com",
                "url": "https://www.citinewsroom.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "6370f9a79281158ab19b283425425e48",
            "title": "Minority MPs walk out of Parliament in solidarity with Abu Jinapor after Speaker ordered Marshall to walk him out over an unsubstantiated allegation",
            "description": "The latest political news stories in Ghana published by the Daily Graphic.",
            "content": "Members from the Minority side of Parliament on Tuesday evening walked out in solidarity with Abu Samuel Abu Jinapor after the Speaker ordered the Marshall to walk him out over an unsubstantiated allegation on the floor in relation to the sale of Gha... [765 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/politics/minority-mps-walk-out-of-parliament-in-solidarity-with-abu-jinapor.html",
            "image": "https://www.graphic.com.gh/images/2026/Nov/04/IMG_5764.jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T17:59:21Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b0ac617e114c67ac9361cc226bba92a0",
                "name": "Graphic Online",
                "url": "https://www.graphic.com.gh"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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